Onae Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 (edited) Its not about the actual facts, go to some other forum to debate which sword design is better. What really matters is what fits into warframe, and katanas seem perfect. The skana is ugly and uneffective. And a cyberpunk esque katana would be cool. Remember how everyone *@##$ed for bows and got them? Well now we want katanas :) Edited December 4, 2013 by Onae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qeveren Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Katana are samurai weapons; the Tenno are space ninjas. Obviously, they would never use katanas. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edryuu Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Katana are samurai weapons; the Tenno are space ninjas. Obviously, they would never use katanas. ;) look up Ninjato.....straight Katana Style <=====Katana Base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraph117 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 An actual katana weapon MUST be sheathed and the fighting style has to involve drawing the sword with each stroke, otherwise it is literally indistinguishable from every other single-bladed one-handed sword. Kind of like , or . Alternatively, a two-handed version is okay too, but it has to have a recognizably Japanese stance (as opposed to the very European stance we get with the Gram and Galatine). You're thinking of an Ia style katana, or Iato. Not all katana styles were based upon Ia, but most of them were in order to keep the admittedly fragile blade protected while it wasn't being swung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithie Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 FACTS: 1. Katanas were folded millions of times by the greatest Japanese swordsmiths which are the best in the world. 2. Each Katana is personalized to the warrior and imbued with decades of prayer before they can be used. 3. Katanas are made out of the HARDEST METAL KNOWN TO MAN and studies have shown to be about 7000 times harder than diamond, the second strongest metal known to man. 4. In WW II, Katanas accounted for 90% of Japan's tank kills against American Shermans, because the speed of the katana leaving its sheath (by a technique called iato) creates a vacuum so powerful it slices the tanks in half from miles away. 5. If you lay a masterwork katana down in a quiet room and say a prayer to Muramasa, you can faintly hear "Through Fire and Flames" by Dragnoforce emanating from the vibrations in the blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhizn Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 mithie, i love your facts. I also now want a katana that plays through the fire and the flames, because that would be awesome. On the whole 'katana needs a sheath' thing - there aren't any sheathed weapons in warframe. The closest we get are quivers for arrows, and the little pouches for throwing secondaries. Now i am all for a katana with a sheath - it would look awesome. But it would also need to be more than just 'make another sword model', it would need new animations for all the frames so that they can handle it. This makes it into a very large project for a single weapon, and I'd expect it to get a low priority as a result. Still, it would be pretty cool to have once its done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpig84 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 We already have tons of swords and daggers. Can't we have something like a Nunchaku ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivalician Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 *eyeroll* The Katana is a terrible sword. The only reason you and those like you are interested in it is because it's been romanticized by Anime and movies. Are you @(*()$ dumb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulzscha Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Moved to the proper section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hikistyle Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamablocker Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Get out. A real katana would be sheathed at the hip. and have a swordguard. The Skana does not have a guard. Also the charge attack should be the basic sheath draw from Iaido. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanzo29 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 We already have tons of swords and daggers. Can't we have something like a Nunchaku ? I have a design for that ill post it in teh fan art later. ive heard theryre already working on them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hikistyle Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I'm going to stop you right there. You slam any blade into any other blade and one of them is at least going to get chipped, because you’re NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. Medieval European / Japanese sword-fighting manuals didn’t have “Now Clang the Swords Together and Totally Ruin Them For No Good Reason Whatsoever” sections. That sword-clanging crap is from movies because you want to show a 2 minute dancey sword-fight and have to do something during that time, because in real sword fights it’s either over in 25 seconds with one guy on the ground, dead, or it goes on for 4 hours as two guys in armor wear themselves out, slamming the broad sides of the sword against the armor. Swords aren’t lightsabers. This is like proving a Volkswagen Beetle is a “crap car” by running it into a bridge pylon at 85 mph. It’s a pointless demonstration, because you’re not supposed to do that. Neither one of these weapons was invented to cut another sword in half, Both were invented to cut a GUY in half. In slightly different ways, but still. if you are thinking I'm comparing both Sword, then you are the one comparing it. I'm just pointing out about Katana is not "a Terrible" Sword. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djentlemenBehold Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 if you are thinking I'm comparing both Sword, then you are the one comparing it. I'm just pointing out about Katana is not "a Terrible" Sword. My mistake then, I meant to reply to a different post, not yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrosianSynoptic Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 DAMN MAN IT'S AWESOME! Hope it will be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koloricsi Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Correct! the sheath requires a draw animation, and i hoped it could be used for blocking too. thank you GREATEST S#&$ EVER, he would use it like Vergil from DMC. God i want it anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[DE]Rebecca Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 This is spectacular! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Althix Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 still want gladius.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuminGumi Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 GREATEST S#&$ EVER, he would use it like Vergil from DMC. God i want it anyway How about Jetstream Sam from Metal Gear: Rising? That would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felandi Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 What would we call it, though? The Skanata? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rajko Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) Call it the Rasputin Custom, fresh from a secretive master bladesmith Tenno, in hiding from the Grineer head-hunters who seek to end both Rasputin, and his ancient blade forging technique. And link a rescue Rasputin event to unlocking the Rasputin Armory! Why should Darvo have all the fun? Edited December 5, 2013 by Rajko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybernetix Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 This is spectacular! So it's going to be made and released next Wednesday right? Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAFIRE Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 It could be skana vandal! (Look at that lotus symbol in the concept) so that we have braton/lato/skana vandal :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Implodingbanana Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Rasputin29, on 03 Dec 2013 - 1:34 PM, said: *Drools* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YxPhoenixY Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 *eyeroll* The Katana is a terrible sword. The only reason you and those like you are interested in it is because it's been romanticized by Anime and movies. I just had to know ... why its so terrible? and compared to what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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